Learners TV

LearnersTV is a non-commercial and free to use web service that offers video lectures, animations, online tests, audio lectures, etc. on a variety of subjects and topics including biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, statistics, computer science, medicine, dentistry, engineering, accounting, and management. Once students click on a subject and a topic, they are shown a list of clearly ordered and labeled lectures.

Materials may be used by individuals, institutions, governments, corporations, or other business whether for-profit or non-profit so long as the use itself is not a commercialization of the materials or a use that is directly intended to generate sales or profit.

http://www.learnerstv.com/index.php

Longreads. Sharing the best storytelling

Longreads, founded in 2009, is dedicated to helping people find and share the best storytelling in the world. Longreads features nonfiction and fiction over 1,500 words, and many of the stories come from their community’s recommendations. You can explore stories by topic.

Longreads Editors’ Picks, Exclusives and Originals are free for everyone even if he or she is not a Longsreads member. Nevertheless, the Longreads Membership is reader-funded storytelling. That means every dollar you contribute goes into a giant story fund to pay for original journalism, short fiction, and exclusive essays and book excerpts from the best writers and publishers in the world.

(Source Longreads FAQ and About Us)

Longreads & Social Networks.

On Twitter: https://twitter.com/longreads/

On WordPress.com: http://blog.longreads.com/follow/

On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/longreads/

On Google+: https://plus.google.com/+Longreads

Wizer.me

Wizer.me is a free simple and quick online tool that allows teachers to create their own interactive worksheets. To begin using this tool, you need to create a free account.

http://app.wizer.me/

The following video shows how to start creating worksheets by adding relevant materials and customize them to your needs. You can use different types of activities or tasks to make as many worksheets as you like.

Film & ESL

The Academy Awards, or Oscars, is an annual awards ceremony hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements in filmaking from the previous year. The first Academy Awards were distributed in 1929. The last one (the 88th ceremony) was held recently, on February 28.

For those who think that film is not just a form of entertainment but a powerful learning tool in the educational process, a tool with many possibilities, some links to a number of sites containing a variety of views, information and resources on cinema and English teaching and learning:

Film English http://film-english.com/

ESOL Courses http://www.esolcourses.com/cinema/vocabulary.html

British Council https://www.britishcouncil.org/voices-magazine/how-can-film-help-you-teach-or-learn-english

Film in Language Teaching Association (FILTA) http://www.filta.org.uk/

Movie Segments to Assess Grammar Goals

http://moviesegmentstoassessgrammargoals.blogspot.com.es/

LearnEnglish Teens (British Council) http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/film-uk/

Short of the week https://www.shortoftheweek.com/

Sounds of English

This website is a collaboration between Sharon Widmayer, Ph.D, and Holly Gray, ESL teachers and curriculum developers for over 20 years. 

It's primary goal is to offer language schools, trainers and students tools that make the learning-teaching process easier and more efficient in the field of English sounds and pronunciation.

It includes sections on vowels, consonants and stress and intonation. It also provides with some lessons and activities.

On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/soundsofenglish

On Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/soundsofenglish/

http://www.soundsofenglish.org/

Grammar posters

Posters are helpful learning tools for visual learners in order to reinforce, among others, grammatical concepts. They provide an awesome teaching resource that can act as a reference for pupils. They can inspire or help provide examples of usage norms, vocabulary and structures covered in class.

What follows is a series of links to other websites you may find of interest if you want to decorate your walls with grammatical content that will encourage, assist and motivate your students.

https://es.pinterest.com/explore/grammar-posters/

http://www.3plearning.com/free-punctuation-grammar-posters-class/

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/FREE-Grammar-Posters-for-the-Writers-Notebook-447800

https://es.pinterest.com/pin/343399540309202963/

https://www.pinterest.com/explore/carteles-ingleses-935600585945/

https://www.pinterest.com/explore/grammar-posters/

https://static.squarespace.com/static/50b88908e4b012760ada1011/50b88a46e4b0e7e1545b4050/50b88a5fe4b0e7e1545b49dc/1352195359002/Parts%20of%20Speech%20Poster.pdf

http://www.teachthis.com.au/products/view-resource/link/Grammar-Posters/id/399/

Quill

Quill is an open source literacy tool built by a community of educators and developers that provides writing, grammar, and vocabulary activities to middle and high schools students.

Quill Proofreader gives students passages that have grammatical errors placed in them.

Quill Grammar teaches grammatical concepts through sentence writing exercises.

Quill Writer is a two-player activity where students take turns writing a passage together from a shared list of words.

Teachers resources and overview
https://www.quill.org/teacher_resources

Visit:
https://www.quill.org/

On Twitter: https://www.quill.org/teacher_resources
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/quill.org
On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG9mgvktG6vxp7XoYEJTiaw
On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quill_org/

Online Journals for English Language Teachers (list by Marisa R. Constantinides)

Online Journals for English Language Teachers

View more lists from Marisa R Constantinides

International Day of Women and Girls in Science #WomenInSTEM

In December 2015 the UN passed a resolution to recognise on February 11 each year women's contributions to this field, so today is first International Day of Women and Girls in Science. This is an international celebration of the work of women in STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths)

On UNESCO's web site.
Why so few? AAUW research report

Take a look at this video by Chelsea Ziadie on underrepresentation of Women in STEM. Is it fair? What can we do about it? Surely that is a good debate that is worth having in our classrooms.

Child soldiers. Educational resources

The 12th of February is observed as International Day against the use of Child Soldiers.

According to the UN, thousands of boys and girls are associated with armed forces and armed groups in conflicts in over 20 countries around the world. 

They fight on the front lines, take part in suicide missions, act as spies, messengers, or lookouts. Many girl child soldiers are sexually abused and awarded to male combatants as sex slaves.

Some resources for addressing this topic in the classroom:

http://www.child-soldier.org/child-soldier-resources

http://www.redcross.org.uk/What-we-do/Teaching-resources/Teacher-briefings/Child-soldiers

http://www.redcross.org.uk/brotherca

http://www.soschildrensvillages.org.uk/static/education/child-soldiers-uganda.pdf

https://www.warchild.org.uk/get-involved/schools/schools-resources

https://www.amnesty.org.uk/sites/default/files/activities_resource_0.pdf

https://www.amnestyusa.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/innocents_lost_curriculum.pdf

Understanding Language: Learning and Teaching #MOOC

Free online course developed by the University of Southampton and the British Council. The course takes place over four weeks and explores second language learning. It considers language classrooms and how teaching affects language learning. Also, it looks at the use of technology in teaching, and its benefits and challenges for language learning.

No prior knowledge is required to take part in the course.

You can buy a State of Participation for this course.

https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/understanding-language

Join the course on: https://www.futurelearn.com/register

Stay informed on Twitter: #FLlanguage

LinkEngPark

Free to use resource organized according to various levels (from Elementary to Adavanced) where you find ESL audios and videos with English transcript.. It is updated regularly. It can be a very interesting site if you want to improve your listening skills. It offers podcast, audiobooks and videos

http://linkengpark.com/

On Google+

https://plus.google.com/+LinkEngPark/posts

On Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/LinkEngPark/

On YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/user/LinkEngPark

Games to learn English

Website for students of English as a foreign language as a resource to study or review language. It was created by Owen, an English teacher at a university in Anhui province, China.

The site is very easy to use. It uses Wordpress and all the game content (pay attention to it) is made using Flash.

http://gamestolearnenglish.com/

International Holocaust Remembrance Day

International Holocaust Remembrance Day, is an international memorial day on 27 January commemorating the victims of the Holocaust. This genocide resulted in the death of an estimated 6 million Jews, 2 million Gipsies, 250,000 mentally and physically disabled people, and 9,000 homosexual men by the Nazi regime and its collaborators. On 27 January 1945 Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi death camp was liberated.

This International day was designated by the United Nations General Assembly resolution 60/7 on 1 November 2005. (Source: Wikipedia)

International Holocaust Remembrance Day and education:

UNESCO. International Day

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/events/prizes-and-celebrations/celebrations/international-days/commemoration-in-memory-of-the-victims-of-the-holocaust-2016/

UNESCO. Some resources:

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/leading-the-international-agenda/human-rights-education/holocaust-remembrance/resources/resources-for-educators/

Centre for Holocaust Educational

http://www.holocausteducation.org.uk/

Holocaust Educational Trust

http://www.het.org.uk/

US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Resources for Educators

http://www.ushmm.org/educators
Genocide of European Roma
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/es/article.php?ModuleId=10005219

YouTube. Holocaust Memorial Day Trust

https://www.youtube.com/user/HMDTrust

Holocaust Teacher Resource Center

http://www.holocaust-trc.org/

Poetry by Heart

Poetry is often among the topics which get dismissed as unimportant. However, it is a powerful instructional tool, and a relevant art to study at any age. Poetry enables teachers to teach their students how to write, read, and understand any text.

Poetry by Heart is a great resource for learning poets at primary schools. Most poems have an audio of the poet reading their poems.

http://www.poetrybyheart.org.uk/poetry-for-children/

Knoword

Challenging game that helps you increase your vocabulary by testing your ability to match definitions to words. You are given a definition the first letter of the word it is referring to, and 1 minute to solve it.

If you guess the correct word you will move on to the next puzzle. Every correct answer gives 20 points and 5 seconds to you. Be careful! You can also lose points.

http://knoword.org/

5 Minute English

5 Minute English has been designed to give you short and easy explanations and exercises. 

You can find answers to questions that other students have had about confusing things in English under the Questions and Answers section. You can also have access to articles on ESL topics.

5 Minute English includes ESL lessons on grammar, reading, vocabulary, listening, pronunciation and slang/ idioms.

http://www.5minuteenglish.com/

Great video sites with CLIL content by Russell Stannard

Looking for content for your CLIL class in English? This video by Russell Stannard (from Teacher Training Videos) can be very useful for you.

BITS English Language Learning

Useful page for audio stories with listening activities created by Skip Reske. The purpose of this collection of ESL resources is to help students improve their listening and reading comprehension of the English language.

In many of the podcast you can choose two listening speeds according to your level.

Audiobooks, novellas, short stories, reading activities and test preparation, songs, audio dramas and much more.

Visit http://esl-bits.net/

Best wishes